Red Moscow

With Sokov's current status, it was not difficult to get two prisoners of war out of the Soviet prisoner-of-war camp. In addition, it was even easier to select personnel from the prisoners of war to form a security command recently. However, he was not familiar with Bayer and did not want to be a good guy, so he chose to remain silent on Hosenfeld's proposal. Ernst was a man who was good at observing words and expressions. When he saw that Sokov did not say anything, he immediately realized that the other party might not want to help, and hurried out to smooth things over: "Comrade General, the reason why my cousin wants to help Officer Bayer is entirely because he is a special person." "Special?" Sokov asked back: "What's special?" "He has a photographic memory and basically knows all the residents in the jurisdiction. He is even called a 'living file' by people in the bureau..." When Sokov heard this, he felt that the sheriff was not lying. He and Ernst had the same evaluation of Bayer. Bayer was indeed called a "living file". If such a person was recruited, he would be of great use in the future. Thinking of this, he interrupted Ernst and said directly: "Ernst, do you want to tell me that you once entrusted him to find Hosenfeld's family?"

"Yes, Comrade General, you guessed right." Ernst nodded vigorously and said in an affirmative tone: "That's right. When my cousin's family left Berlin, he personally sent them to the train station. Although we don't know where they are now, it will be much easier for us to find them with a general direction."

Considering that Ernst and Hosenfeld are about to work for him, if he doesn't show them favor, he is afraid that they will have negative emotions when they do things in the future: "Okay, when we go to the prisoner-of-war camp to select personnel, call Officer Bayer. As for whether he can find his two sons, it depends on his luck."

Although Sokov's words sounded like prevarication to outsiders, Ernst and Hosenfeld could hear the sincerity in his tone. There were tens of thousands of prisoners of war in the Soviet prisoner-of-war camps, and they were also distributed in different regions. It was not an easy task to find two people from them.

"Great, this is really great." Hosenfeld said, "I will tell Officer Bayer the good news next time I meet him."

When Sokov left Wilhelm Street by car, he specifically reminded Vaseligov: "Major, do you remember this place?"

"Yes, Comrade General." Vaseligov immediately understood what Sokov meant and said quickly, "If you want to find Ernst or Captain Hosenfeld, I will come here in person to invite them."

"Well, very good." Sokov was very satisfied with Vaseligov's answer.

"Misha," Adelina asked curiously beside him, "Do you think Hosenfeld can find his wife and children?"

Adelina's words reminded Sokov of Gavrilov. He and his wife and adopted son were separated at the end of June 1941, and they met again more than ten years later. I don't know when Hosenfeld will reunite with his family. But no matter how long they wait, they will eventually meet again. If in real history, Hosenfeld died in a prisoner-of-war camp in 1953, he would not have the chance to reunite with his family.

"I think it should be possible to find him," Sokov said uncertainly, "but it should take a very long time."

"How long?" Ajelina asked with interest, "Is it three years or five years, or even longer?"

Sokov thought to himself that if Hosenfeld's wife had stayed in Bavaria instead of returning to Berlin, she would not have known that Hosenfeld had returned safely to Germany. When the Berlin Wall was built, the two would have to wait until it fell to meet again.

"Maybe it will take longer." Sokov sighed softly and said, "After all, Bavaria is in the U.S. occupation zone. We can't send people to the area to help him search."

"Misha, you can talk to General Patton, right?" Ajelina said, "Why don't you take the opportunity to visit General Patton and take Hosenfeld to Bavaria to see if there is a chance to find his family?"

For Ajelina's suggestion, Sokov couldn't help but start to think. Although Patton is not the military administrator of Bavaria now, he is still the commander of the 15th Army. Within his jurisdiction, he should be able to provide some help for himself. However, this matter must be carried out as soon as possible, after all, Patton does not have much time left.

"Adelina, I will go to see Marshal Zhukov another day and ask him if he agrees that I will go to Bavaria to visit Patton." Sokov said, "If he agrees, I can take Hosenfeld with me and look for his wife and children along the way."

"If Captain Hosenfeld knew about this, he would be very grateful to you."

After returning to the hotel, Sokov asked Adelina to go back and rest first, and then used the hotel's long-distance phone to make a long-distance call.

But he did not call Asiya, but called Yakov, wanting to know whether Moscow had arranged a new job for him.

After the call was connected, Yakov's familiar voice came from the receiver: "Hello, who is it?"

"It's me, Yasha!" Sokov said with a smile, "You can't even recognize my voice?"

"Well, I can hear it, of course I can hear it." Yakov said, "How are you doing in Berlin, and when do you plan to come back?"

"I don't know either." Sokov knew very well that Yakov must have a special way to understand his situation here, so he said to him: "The position that Marshal Zhukov originally assigned me, due to various reasons, has I became someone else. I originally planned to return to Moscow directly, but now I have something to deal with, and I don’t know when I can return to Moscow.”

"Since you have something to do and you can't leave, then you can stay there for the time being and wait until Asya comes back before giving birth." When Yakov said this, he suddenly lowered his voice and said: "Misha, your train to Berlin is... Was he attacked by gangs in Poland on the way? "

"Yes, Yasha, we were attacked on the way." Sokov remembered that he did not tell Yakov about this, so he told him about the situation at the time, and finally said: "I really didn't expect that the war would end. After such a long time, there are still so many gangs that have not been eradicated.”

"Although the war is over, these guys who had taken refuge with the Germans during the war were not willing to accept their defeat, so they started to cause chaos near the communication lines." Yakov said: "Because they are familiar with the terrain, if you want to destroy them, I am afraid it will be difficult to annihilate them. It will take one to two years. When you return to Moscow from Berlin, I strongly recommend that you take a plane instead of a train to avoid being attacked again.”

Thinking that Zhukov would be dismissed from his post in March next year and sent to Odessa as the commander of the Odessa Military District, Sokov made a decision in his mind that he should leave Berlin no later than March next year: "Yasha, you are right. The train is slow and unsafe, so taking a plane back is undoubtedly the best choice."

"By the way, Misha, there is one more thing I almost forgot."

"whats the matter?"

"Karina's father sadly passed away."

Hearing the name Karina, Sokov was stunned for a moment, but soon remembered that it was the young girl he met in Vladimir. He vaguely remembered that the other party seemed to say that her father was the leader of a certain district in Moscow. , and asked casually: "That's really a pity. I wonder what disease he contracted and died of?"

"It was not a disease, but he was attacked by bandits and unfortunately died." Yakov said: "You were not far from him when the incident happened."

"I was not far from him at the time?" Sokov was confused by Yakov's words, but he quickly thought of a possibility, and asked with shock on his face: "Yasha, you You won’t tell me that the Moscow official who was killed by the gangsters in the car was Karina’s father?”

"You guessed it right, Misha!" Yakov said: "As far as I know, Karina's father was transferred to Berlin to take up a management position in civil affairs. Who knew that he was unlucky and actually happened to be on the way? It’s a pity that he died because of a gang attack.”

"Yasha," Sokov said in a serious tone after confirming the news from Yakov: "If you see Karina, please send my regards to her on my behalf."

"Come on, Misha, some things are better for you to say to her in person. I won't serve as a microphone for you." Yakov did not continue this topic, but changed the topic to a new one in time: "By the way, Comrade Ustinov asked me to ask you, are you willing to work in the General Ordnance Department? If you are willing, he will arrange a suitable position for you as soon as possible; even if you are not willing, he will not force you. "

"Yasha, I am far away in Berlin now. Even if I agree to Comrade Ustinov, I don't know when I can return to Moscow." Sokov said: "Please explain this situation to Comrade Ustinov. Wait. When I return to Moscow in the future, I will visit you as soon as possible. ”

"Okay, I will convey your message to Comrade Ustinov." Before Yakov put down the phone, he reminded Sokov: "Misha, call Asya more often when you are free, so as not to She always thinks about you."

"Okay, okay, I remember."

After Sokov ended the call with Yakov, he hesitated while holding the phone, and then asked the operator to connect him to his home phone. Therefore, by this time, Asiya had already gone home from get off work.

Asya on the other end of the phone sounded particularly excited when she heard the call from Sokov: "Misha, why did you remember to call me?"

When Sokov was about to say a few sweet words, he suddenly saw Agelina walking from the corridor, seemingly heading towards where he was, and asked in a panic: "Are you alone at home now? "

"Yes, of course I live alone." Asiya said: "My mother said she would come to stay with me. I said the due date was still several months away. In order not to affect her work, I didn't ask her to move here. "

"If possible, it's best to let her move here. This will make it easier to take care of you, and it's not like we can't live in our home."

"No, Misha, it's really not necessary." Asiya said with a smile: "Don't you know that Russian women can move freely on the day they give birth? Even if I am the only one in the family when giving birth, I can still Handle."

Sokov had no doubts about Asya's statement. Russian women have good physiques. On the night of giving birth, the doctor would ask the women to get out of bed and walk around, and ask them to go for a walk in the yard the next day. A week later, most of these mothers put their babies in strollers and pushed them home. In later generations, Sokov had an employee who came directly to work on the fifth day after giving birth. If it were China, this situation would be unimaginable. After giving birth, a woman would not be able to go out unless she sat at home for a month.

But Sokov still said stubbornly: "No, you'd better ask your mother to move over recently and live with you. That way, even if something happens, she can help you deal with it in time. Do you understand?"

"Okay, okay, Misha, I will listen to you." Seeing Sokov's stubbornness, Asia stopped insisting on her opinion and said smoothly: "I will call my mother tomorrow and let her know." She moved to my house as soon as possible to take care of you. Misha, are you satisfied now?"

"Satisfied, of course I am satisfied!" Seeing Agelina standing in front of him, Sokov quickly speeded up his speech and said, "Asia, I have something else to do. I will call you another day. Please pay more attention. own body."

"Yes, I know." Asiya said, "You too, pay more attention to your body."

After Sokov hung up the phone, he asked Agelina guiltily: "Agelina, what's the matter?"

Agelina asked with a normal expression: "Are you calling Asiya?"

"Yes, yes." Sokov explained in a panic: "She is about to give birth to a baby, and I want to take care of her."

"I just received a call." Agelina said, "It's about my work arrangement."

"Your work arrangements?" Sokov asked nervously: "What work are your superiors going to arrange for you?" As soon as he said the words, he realized his rashness. If Agelina accepted a secret mission, wouldn't this be Has the secret been leaked? He quickly grabbed her arm and pulled her towards the room. "This is not the place to talk. Let's talk about it when we get back."

After arriving in the room and closing the door, Sokov asked: "Agelina, I don't know what kind of job your superiors have assigned you. Are they planning to send you to sneak into Bavaria?"

Seeing the worried look on Sokov's face, Agelina chuckled and then said: "Misha, looking at your nervousness, I would have thought that you were planning to send me to the battlefield."

"If your superiors really arrange for you to go to Bavaria, it will be no different from going to the battlefield." Sokov said with a serious expression: "The cruelty of the underground front is not weaker than the battlefield with heavy artillery fire."

"You should know the General Staff Office, right?"

"Yes, I know." When Sokov heard Agelina mention the staff office, his mind immediately began to think quickly about the units under this office. Soon he thought of a possibility and asked tentatively: "I remember that there is a publishing house and a translation team under the General Staff Office. The publishing house will definitely not let you go, so the only place you can go is the translation team. Group. Is my guess correct?"